The Violent Bear It Away | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1

1. What small town does this story begin in?

Powderhead.

2. Who buries Mason Tarwater?

Buford Munson.

3. Who is Tarwater's uncle?

The schoolteacher.

4. Who steals Tarwater from his crib?

Mason.

5. What does Mason say will burn a prophet?

Evil.

6. Why does the schoolteacher use the help of a welfare office worker?

To get Tarwater back.

7. Who shoots the schoolteacher?

Mason.

8. Why would Mason leave for days at a time into the woods?

To communicate with God.

9. Who does the schoolteacher marry?

Bernice.

10. What does Mason tell Tarwater about his place?

Tarwater's place is not to think, but to act on the Lord's calling.

11. Where does Mason die?

At the breakfast table.

12. What does Tarwater do when Mason dies?

Finishes his breakfast.

13. What does Tarwater think about Mason's property after Mason's death?

He thinks about the...
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